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Lunar New Year Festival Pensacola, Florida

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Lunar New Year Festival Pensacola, Florida

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I was fortunate to attend a Lunar New Year Festival in Pensacola, Florida on 1/18/20. This celebration formed  a collaboration between Gallery Night in downtown Pensacola and the University of West Florida's Asian Student Union to promote Asian culture in a predominately White area.

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Notes from the 3 people that I interviewed at the festival.

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Downtown Pensacola decorated for Lunar New Year by hanging paper lanterns.

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This traditional Thai dance, Fawn Tian, shows young girls holding candles and balancing candles on their heads.

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Lucky Money is given to celebrate the New Year. The red color symbolizes good luck and a symbol to ward off evil spirits.

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Traditional Chinese coins that are given in the Lucky Money envelope.

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Young girls dance in and out of sticks maneuvered by adults on both ends called Tinikling. Tinikling is a dance originated in the Philippines..

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Young children dance in and out of sticks maneuvered by adults on both ends called Tinikling. Tinikling is a dance originated in the Philippines.

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A young boy and girl dance in and out of sticks maneuvered by adults on both ends called Tinikling. Tinikling is a dance originated in the Philippines.

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The students from The University of West Florida put on a fashion show with traditional Asian clothing.